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2006
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Ilaria RAMELLI et al., « Terms for Eternity: aióvioc and áidioc in Classical and Christian Texts », Nova Tellus, ID : 10670/1.99fcf3...
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This paper surveys the uses of two ancient Greek terms -aÞÅniow and ýdiow- commonly translated as "eternal", from their earliest occurrences in poetry and pre-Socratic philosophy down through the Septuagint and the New Testament, and culminating in the Christian theologian Origen. It examines the rise of the idea of infinitely extended time (generally denoted by ýdiow), and Plato's innovative introduction of a concept of a timeless eternity (sometimes described as aÞÅniow). It is argued that in the Greek Bible, aÞÅniow, as opposed to ýdiow, does not necessarily denote absolute eternity. Since only aÞÅniow, and never ýdiow, is applied to punishment in the afterlife, Origen could find support in this usage for his doctrine of universal salvation and the finite duration of hell.
